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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by rconti on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @03:50PM (#15964130)
Yup, this was quite surprising to me having travelled a fair bit but not been to Germany in 10 years or so. "I'm supposed to pay my dinner bill at a fancy restaurant.. in.. cash?"
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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by bandris on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @04:16PM (#15964358)
"Germany is the land of cash." -- one of my German friends likes to say.
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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by sithadmin on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @12:27AM (#15967244)
Germany doesn't have shit on Japan in this regard.
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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by cunningfatalist on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @03:40AM (#15968000)
EC card works 99% of the time.

As a side note, I also use my German EC card abroad. Fees are surprisingly low and it is accepted in more countries than you'd expect.

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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by CaptainZapp on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @02:16AM (#15967663) 

  "I'm supposed to pay my dinner bill at a fancy restaurant.. in.. cash?"
There are a lot of really fancy places in Japan, which will not accept credit cards.

Nor will they - unfortunately - accept reservations in English.

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